Indie MMO Lets You Roam The Mind Of A Young Girl

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Indie MMO Lets You Roam The Mind Of A Young Girl

Lila Dreams, an upcoming MMO developed by indie developer Creatrix Games, should warrant attention simply based on its setting: the world inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl.

Developed by a team of three people, and scheduled for release (and beta testing) later this year, Lila Dreams has me incredibly excited if only for how unique it seems.

According to the developers, the title will have "no elves, dwarfs, or other Tolkien-derived player races" and instead of magic, the game features psychic powers and technology. Based on the concept art, the world seems like the works of Giger as interpreted by a young girl.

Combat in the game unsurprisingly strays from the traditional MMO hack/slash and is instead 2D platforming combat with "RPG-like mechanics." Plus, according to the developers, "there is no level grind."

Finally, like every other aspect of the game, crafting isn't like any other form of crafting that's come before.

Instead of actually creating items, you grow them. Yeah, like a plant.

Mysteriously, the developers follow up the description of the gardening/crafting mechanic by saying that Lila Dreams is "a surrealistic game world where plants are not just plants," though they refuse to go into any further details.

While I do adore the MMO genre, there's definitely a feeling that the "orcs vs humans" standard has grown a bit stale, and now we just have to cross our fingers and pray that Creatrix can actually implement all of the surreal ideas they've planned.